COMPANY PROFILE
COMMITMENT TO SAFETY SSOWF is fully committed to meeting its responsibility for safety and complies closely with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999.
ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE Since the wind farm became operational, the company has become increasingly aware that there would be a significant risk of being unable to administer advanced medical care in the face of injury, due to the remote location of the wind farm.
Anticipated response times would be 40 minutes to 1½ hours from local life boats and SAR helicopters.
COMPANY’S ROLE
Leo Hambro from Tidal Transit explains his company’s role in SSOWF’s enhanced safety procedures.
“All three of Tidal Transit’s passenger transfer vessels are under contract to SSOWF, sailing to the wind farm on most days from either Wells-next-the-Sea or Great Yarmouth to transfer wind farm maintenance technicians and their tools.
“Having reached the conclusion that the First Aid at Work qualification – the industry standard required of all wind farm personnel – was inadequate for the best chance of survival in the event of major trauma, SSOWF has chosen to employ medics in the field with a minimum of FPOS intermediate level training and experience in similar arenas.
PROVEN BENEFITS
“This practice has brought proven benefits to safety procedures, and when SSOWF decided to expand the employment of suitably qualified medical staff, Tidal Transit was happy to support this important safety initiative. Tidal Transit now provides first responders as part of its regular crews, which affords an even faster medical response, and will provide SSOWF with a long term and sustainable solution to Health and Safety.”
TIDAL TRANSIT VESSELS
The specification of these vessels greatly exceeds the current fleet being used for the same purpose in the UK. The vessels MCA Cat 1 coding and 10,000 litre fuel tanks allow them to work up to 150 miles offshore, well within the range of the UK’s forthcoming Round 3 offshore wind farms. Each vessel provides four crew members and twelve passengers with comfortable beds, bathrooms, galley, internet access and entertainment facilities, allowing wind farm engineers and support technicians to live and work offshore for up to several days at a time.
Tidal Transit Limited
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RUGGED GRP CONSTRUCTION Being of rugged GRP construction enables Tidal Transit’s vessels to operate in rough seas – a major advantage when working in the North Sea. Twin V12 MAN engines facilitate speeds of up to 27 knots when carrying twelve passengers, the crew, and their on-board cargo.
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